The Reclamation

Psalm 110:3: "Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth."


Psalm 110 announces the coming end of time, when the LORD Almighty will come forth in glorious majesty. He will descend triumphantly, bringing judgment to those who had rebelled against His offering of grace. With a mighty scepter, the LORD will rule over His enemies, crushing kings and heaping up the dead. It truly will be a day of awe and dread for those who had not submitted themselves to His Lordship.


At the same time, the LORD will "from the womb of the dawn receive the dew of (their) youth" (110:3). Whereas there might be a number of interpretations for this verse, one that seems plausible is the reclamation of the redeemed from the ravages that sin had placed upon their lives. Though sin had brought the curse, leading to physical decline and death, now the LORD is making all things new for those who have received His grace (see Revelation 21:5; Isaiah 65:17f). His eternal abode is the womb of the dawn . . . a setting for new beginnings. So too, the LORD will restore us to like the morning dew, that proclaims the fresh, newness in the day of our reclamation in which the vigor of our youth is restored (and actually made better through glorious perfection [see I Corinthians 15:42-44]).


For those who are yielded to Christ as Lord, these words of hope should spur us on to be all that we can be for the Lord of Hosts. Let us not become weary in doing good, for we await the harvesting of our souls by the Sovereign One who will perfect us beyond that which we could ever imagine! (Galatians 6:9).